Newburyport and a clock off the shelf at $23,000
US: TWO early American longcase clocks with much higher expectations failed to sell in a Freemans Americana sale of April 20, but the inlaid mahogany shelf clock pictured left doubled its estimate to sell for $23,000 (£16,430).
Standing 3ft (91cm) high to the fretwork crest and brass finial, the painted dial of this Federal pe…